Morning journal and courier., 1887-04-30

| ! The Jail Guarded by Strong Detach- ments of Military and PO1ice-A GatIing Gun Posted at the Entrance The Mob Make Several Assaults Hut are Repulsed Each Time. LOUISVILLE, April 29.-At e:15 p. m. it | was bul1etined at the newspaper offices that l Miss Bowman, the girl assaulted by the ne- groes Patterson and Turner, was dead. This announcement greatly intensified the feeling of indignation already existing. The news quickly spread and although the announce ment of the girls death was authoritatively denied the influence of the first rumor could
 not be enumerated. At 7 p. m. the attend
 ant physician reported that Miss Bowman was gradually sinking and that death would
 probably ensue before midnight. At noon
 the preconcerted signal, eleven taps on the
 City Hall bell, called the militia to assemble
 at their armory. Not over one-third of them
 responded and uniformed patrol attachments
 were sent out to bring in the delinquents.
 Probably two-thirds of the Louisville legion
 were at o'clock under arms at the armory.
 Adjutant General Castlemon in addressing
 the troops said: ':You are only to obey or
 ders, not to act hastily nor rashly, and use
 as little force as possible in executing com
 mands."
 This evening it is noticed that the color
 line is being drawn, the negroes appearing to
 be apprehensive of mob violence, and gath
 ering by themselves on the street corners in
 the negro quarters of the city. The fact of
 the possibility of an attempt to execute
 threats made to f'wipe out'' some of the more
 notorious negro dives is thought to have in- fuenced the calling out of the militia. The hoodlum and non-working white class con- centrated in the vicinity of the jail square in such force to-day that good grounds @ exist for I apprehension tRa sots of general tba lynchers should be successful. Practically all of the police force have been concentrated at the jail and City Hall and a part of the fire department is held in readiness to re- spond as police auxiliary if called upon. At D. m. crowd in line paraded the streets bearing 8 transparency and the words: tfOne thousand men wanted to assist in lynching Patterson and Turner" At every block their numbers are increased. The crowd in the streets leading to the jail is very large and they are beginning to press upon the police cordon thrown out one hun dred yards from the City Hall in every di- rection.
 An attempt was made at o'clock to send out the fire engine from an engine house ad- joining the jail in order to open lane in the dense crowd sufficient to give the police @ foothold, when an effort would be made to extend the police lines. The attempt was failure, the crowd refusing to yield. At 9:30 Judge Jackson of the Circuit court drove in @ coupe to the police line and addressed the crowd, telling them that the courts were able to punish the offenders and that the authorities would at all hazards protect the prisoners. He then asked the crewd to disperse. He had of the temporary relaxation of police vigil lance and rush was made for the jail. A sharp struggle ensued, and although the po- lice lines were forced back, they held the mob at bay. During the melee Police Lieu tenant McGrath was hit on the head with a brick and seriously injured. Judge Jackson's carriage disappeared in the direction of the armory. Governor Knott and his staff ar rived from Frankfort at 7:30 o'clock. The United States flag was hoisted over the custom house and postofice building this afternoon.
 Immediately after Judge Jackson's arrival at the armory five companies of the legion and light infantry were sent to the City Hall. Strong picket lines were posted across all approaches to the jail and Gatling gun placed in position ready for use in front of the jail gate, three companies of militia Delng nelo III reserve a6 the armory. The police, notwithstanding the strong military support, make no attempt to disperse the male, being satisfied to main tain their present position. Impromptu indignation meetings are being held at differ ent points, the hoodlum elemect rallying at saloons beyond the reach of possible police sorties. At 1915 &. m. an at- tack was made on the Jefferson lines, the mob being armed with pistols, clubs, iron bars, etc. As they came on with rush several pistol shots were fired from the crowd. The police supported by company of militia again proved too strong for the attacking force and the mob were forced back. Fifty police charged upon them and in the struggle which followed several of the crowd were trampled upon and several heads were broken. The police made forty arrests. At 1:30 the situation was un- changed and likely to remain so until morn-